Where does “handmade” come from?
Handmade comes from Middle English hond combined with made, derived from Old English hand, from Middle French -ie and Latin -ium suffixes ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ and mag-.
handmade (English): Manufactured by hand; An art or craft object made...
Definitions
- Manufactured by hand; An art or craft object made...
Ancestry of “handmade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | made | A grub or maggot; simple past tense and past... |
| 2 | Middle English | made | Alternative form of madde; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | macode | — |
| 4 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 5 | Emilian | mâcia | — |
| 6 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |